Following reports of two sexual assaults at the beginning of the fall semester in 2014, UT police began the practice of sending UT alerts any time a sexual assault was reported. After the alert on August 29, the student organization Sexual Empowerment and Awareness at Tennessee expressed concern that the language used placed blame on … Continued

In response to the second iteration of Sex Week (2014), state Senator Stacey Campfield and state House colleagues Jimmy Matlock and Susan Lynn introduced bills that would have made student fee funding of organizations for programming proportionate to the membership of the organization and would have prohibited the fees from being used to pay for … Continued

In 2014 UT students joined with the Cumberland Avenue Merchants Association to request that restaurants on the Strip accept Dining Dollars. Two new restaurants—operated by Aramark, which accepts Dining Dollars—were opening in a university-owned building on Cumberland Avenue. In March 2015 UT announced that it would extend the use of Dining Dollars to all restaurants … Continued

Following the announcement that the UT LEAD Summer Institute—a program based on the principles of Leadership, Excellence, Achievement, and Diversity—would be discontinued in 2014, students organized a forum to inform the community about the program and its value, particularly for prospective African American students. Following a meeting with Chancellor Cheek and Provost Martin on September … Continued

Marnell “Marty” J. Goodman of Swampscott, Massachusetts, was shot by a truck driver who had been pelted with snowballs and yanked from his truck by students on Cumberland Avenue on February 1, 1965. Walter D. Willett Jr. of Greeneville was charged with second-degree murder following the shooting. Goodman, the nephew of English Professor Fred Blumberg, … Continued

A graduated fee capped at $10 per semester for those students taking or auditing nine or more credit hours, except those studying law or veterinary medicine but including students enrolled in distance education, was imposed beginning in fall 2012. The fee was imposed to fund student services, acquisition of books and electronic resources, and enhanced … Continued

In 1968 the board of trustees adopted a structure of committees that represented the various functions of the institution. The board voted in November 1970 to allow students to participate with seven standing committees. (Previously, student leaders had been invited to attend meetings of the Student Affairs Committee.) In January 1971 President Boling appointed 23 … Continued

Groups of students have published in print a wide variety of literary magazines, magazines with news, and newspapers geared to general or limited audiences funded by the institution, an organized group, or a loosely organized confederation of students. This listing—an attempt to cover institutionally approved printed publications and a representative sample of other student publication … Continued

A program of new-student orientation was begun in 1965. Sixteen orientation assistants were employed, and entering freshmen spent one night in a dorm, met with faculty advisers to discuss curricula, filled out class schedules, met deans and administrators, and had their ID cards made. The program, which included three meals in a dorm, cost $12. … Continued

In February 1949 Howard H. Baker Jr., president of the All Students’ Council, announced that a 10-acre tract, fronted by a high bluff overlooking the river from Cherokee Farm would become a park for the exclusive use of students. The College of Agriculture approved the use of the site for a park, and President C. … Continued